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DAVID HARM ESMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – August 28, 1967
Service recordDavid Harm Esman, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 56
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 56
- WILLIE CECIL BAKERPrivate · August 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY CALLERLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- PHILIP ROBERT CURRANLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- TERRY LEE ECKERCorporal · August 28, 1967
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.